The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
NED Partnership Workshop: QM – Connecting Learning Theories to Your Teaching Strategies (Spring 2027)

January 22 – February 19, 2027
Short Course
Join a 4-week NED partnership workshop offered through Quality Matters (QM).
QM: Connecting Learning Theories to Your Teaching Strategies– Participants in this workshop will learn about several different theories of learning and how teaching strategies based on those theories can promote learning.
Format:
The partnership workshop includes synchronous and asynchronous experiences. The Zoom sessions offer opportunity to connect and collaborate with Minnesota State colleagues.
- Zoom Meeting 1 – Friday, January 22, 2027, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
- Complete the QM Workshop – Wednesday, January 27, 2027 to Wednesday, February 10, 2027 (2 weeks, asynchronous online, hosted in their platform, 7 hours per week estimated time)
- Zoom Meeting 2 – Friday February 19, 2027 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe characteristics of learning theories.
- Describe teaching strategies based on learning theories.
Accommodations
The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we’d like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully participate!
Machine generated captions are available in real-time for all Zoom events, however human generated CART (live caption) service and ASL interpretation can be requested with advanced notice (2 weeks) to make the event more accessible.
Please, let us know of any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation.
Questions?
Please contact the Network for Educational Development.
How to Register
1. IMPORTANT PRE-REGISTRATION STEP
Log in or create your MyQM account – this will ensure access to the partnership workshop on their platform.
2. REGISTER BELOW
Use the RSVP tool below to register. In addition to Minnesota State faculty and staff, Concurrent Enrollment instructors are also welcome to join.
After registering, a calendar invite with details on how to join will be sent to you, please add this event to your calendar.
Note: Registration ends January 8, 2027 to facilitate enrollment in QM’s platform and QM requires a minimum of 10 participants to run this workshop.
Register
RSVP to register for this event: 1) select the Going button, 2) enter your details, and 3) select Finish

